Legion of Super-Heroes #269 Nov. 1980

It’s election day on Earth and the Fatal Five (and their new ultra-secretive leader) crash the party. Who is the Dark Man and what gripe does he have against the Legion?

I find this take on politics weird. Let’s ignore the whole ‘a computer picks our candidates for us’ thing (and I hope that computer isn’t C.O.M.P.U.T.O.) and focus on the Legionnaire’s attitude. Other plot lines have shown that the president of Earth is a pretty important position but the Legionnaires blow it off as inconsequential.

The funny thing is that the Legion takes their own election for a leader a lot more seriously than they do the presidential election. I’m going to chalk it up to them being young and immature.

Legion trivia question:

Does Validus usually talk this much?

On my Legion Jerk © scale this issue gets a:

Fatal One

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